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A pair of six kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls) mounted as a six-panel byobu (folding screen), ink, and slight colour on paper, within a silver leaf mount, each depicting a tiger in dramatic Kishi-school style: the first screen showing (1) tiger looking left among bamboo leaves, (2) tiger seated beneath a pine tree (3) tiger snarling beneath the full moon (4) tiger peeking behind a robust bamboo tree (5) tiger crouching on a rock (6) tiger stretching its limbs in the rain; the second screen depicting (7) tiger growling on a rock (8) tiger behind a bamboo tree looking back (9) tiger seated and roaring among bamboo leaves (10) tiger lying sprawled beside a skinny bamboo tree (11) tiger grooming itself beneath a gingko tree (12) tiger prowling and looking towards the right, a waterfall in the background; each painting signed Echizen no Suke Ganku with two seals Kishi Ganku and Hizen. (2). Overall: 152cm x 330cm; each painting: 118.5cm x 44cm